James mcmanus



(No Model.)

J. MOMANUS.

HAND STRAP FOR CARS.

No. 323,188. Patented July 28, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JAMES MOMANUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND-STRAP FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,188, dated July 28, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MOMANUS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand-Straps for Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improved hand-straps, partly in section, and

showing the supporting-rod in section. Fig.

2 is a front elevation of the same, partly in section.

The object of this invention is to provide handstraps for cars constructed in such a manner that they can be conveniently grasped,

of the strap B are brought together, and are secured to each other and to the body of the strap by a rivet, O,.or other suitable means, in such a manner as to form a small loop to receive the suspending-rod A, and a larger loop to be grasped by the hand. The middle part or bend of the larger or hand loop of the strap B is rounded by having its side edges bent upward, and then sewed or otherwise secured to each other, forming a tubular handpiece, into which is inserted a small rod, D, of iron or other suitable rigid material. The ends of the rod D are bent upward, as shown in full and in dotted lines in Fig. l, and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to correspond with the bends in the strap B at the ends of the handpiece. With this construction the hand-loop will always remain open, so that it can be readily grasped however much the strap may be used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hand-strap for cars, made, substantially as herein shown and described, with the hand-piece of its hand-loop rounded and stiff- M 

